Larry Itliong

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Larry Itliong was a Filipino American labor organizer and civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the farm workers’ movement in California, including helping to spark the Delano grape strike and co-founding what became the United Farm Workers.

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instanceOf Filipino American
civil rights leader
human
labor organizer
advocatedFor Filipino American workers
farm workers
cause civil rights
economic justice
labor rights
coFounded Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee
surface form: United Farm Workers (predecessor organization)
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
ethnicity Filipino
familyName Itliong
fieldOfWork civil rights activism
labor organizing
givenName Larry
helpedOrganize Delano grape strike
Filipino farm workers in California
legacy key Filipino American figure in U.S. labor history
movement American civil rights movement
surface form: civil rights movement

farm workers’ movement
name Larry Itliong self-link
notableFor Delano grape strike
co-founding the union that became the United Farm Workers
farm workers’ movement in California
notableRole pivotal leader in the early United Farm Workers movement
occupation labor organizer
union leader
placeOfActivity California, United States
surface form: California

Delano, California
roleInEvent leader of the Delano grape strike
workedWith César Chávez
surface form: Cesar Chavez

Dolores Clara Fernández Huerta
surface form: Dolores Huerta

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United Farm Workers foundedBy Larry Itliong
Delano grape strike leader Larry Itliong
NFWA foundedBy Larry Itliong
Larry Itliong name Larry Itliong self-link
Pete Velasco affiliatedWith Larry Itliong